COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTIONBottled. A cask version at 4.5% is available in August and September.
Gooseberry Wheat Ale
From the Gaelic "Groseid". Since at least the 16th century Scots monks and alewives brewed indigenous drinks from cereals, wild herbs and ripe fruits. Tibbie Shiels green Grozet was immortalised by such Scots literati as Sir Walter Scott, Jas Hogg. (The Ettrick shepherd) and Robert Burns whoconsidered it a most convivial drink.Brewed with lager malt, wheat, bog myrtle, hops and meadowsweet then secondary fermented with ripe Scottish gooseberries.
A pale golden beer, with a refreshing fruit aroma, clean palate, fruity wheat flavour and crisp finish. Recommended with, light foods, pastas and salads.Drink well chilled in a tall glass.

One of this brewery’s well-known historical beers, in this case to a 16th century recipe of fruit wheat beers, with bogmyrtle and meadowsweet. Typically served in leather cups. Sparkling, golden blonde beer with somewhat weird but not unpleasant, sourish sweet aroma in which gooseberries are clearly discernible, sweet fruits in the mouth, crisp with sourish accent, honeyish with somewhat medicinal presence of the aforementioned wild flowers, very light bitterishness in the finish. Interesting resurrection of an ancient beer type, something I am usually quite enthusiastic about.

Bottle from the LCBO. Very pale hazy yellow with just a thin white film of a head. Nose is floral with some toffee and definite gooseberry. Moderate sweet front with a light bitterness in the middle through the finish. Light mouth with average carbonation. Nice light summer ale.

Bottle from old backlog notes 07. Pours a hazy golden orange color with a medium sized white head. The aroma and flavor have pale wheat malts, a berry fruitiness that I guess is the gooseberry, some tart character,, some general earthy notes, slightly soapy feel. I will not revisit.

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